Dviete Roman Catholic Church

The baroque-style St. Staņislavs Kostka Dviete Roman Catholic Church was built in 1864 and financed by Count Kasimir Plater-Sieberg. The church was built and consecrated to St. Staņislavs Kostka. During the First World War the church was destroyed – the towers were blown up and the walls bombed. After the war, the services were held in the manor granary for 10 years. In 1919, when Boļeslavs Dižgalvis became the dean, he had the church rebuilt in its original appearance according to the historic plans just without the towers. On November 17 1929, the dean of Ilūkste Church J. Velkme consecrated the new church. The towers were built in later years.

The church is a prominent national architectural monument with one of the most ornate baroque interiors in the region.
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The Dviete Catholic Church is in the centre of the small village of Dviete. The white church can be seen from a distance. The first wooden church was built here in 1775 by the owner of the local estate, Count J.K. Wischling. Later the church was dismantled and brought the Zarinki cemetery.

The Neo-Baroque Catholic church that is seen today has two towers, and its construction was financed by Count Kazimir Plater-Sieberg. The church was destroyed during World War I, and until it was rebuilt and consecrated, the granary of the Dviete Estate magazine, with its ridged roof, was used as a prayer house. It is on the side of the Dviete-Bebrene road and has recently been restored. In 1940, a stone fence was installed around the church with a tiled roof, and a building for the congregation was built in the 1970s. The church features a particularly ornate sacral Baroque interior, which is seen as the most ornate interior of its type in the former Daugavpils District.
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